This is getting ridiculous

So we all love iTunes right? Well I know it needs a rewrite, but what are your thoughts on the horribly over priced song prices? Remember when Apple and the record companies changed them? They said the songs come in 3 new flavors, .69$ .99$. and now the ever common 1.29$ Flavor. This is ridiculous! 1 song isn't even worth 99 cents but 1.29 is highway robbery What can we do? I know there are the following options/
1. Don't buy them
2. Buy albums?
3.?????

I buy everything now pretty much used. I like having the physical media and I can rip them to anything I want. Most of the time I don't spend more then 2-5 bucks for a cd. I don't by the new releases usually, there are exceptions. I agree with the pricing thou. They, whether it be Apple or the Music Industry have to got to come down in the pricing. 99 cents is the max I will pay for just a song.

I buy everything now pretty much used. I like having the physical media and I can rip them to anything I want. Most of the time I don't spend more then 2-5 bucks for a cd. I don't by the new releases usually, there are exceptions. I agree with the pricing thou. They, whether it be Apple or the Music Industry have to got to come down in the pricing. 99 cents is the max I will pay for just a song.

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Is going to the library renting and ripping music CDs illegal in MA? My friend was telling me he just does that

Is going to the library renting and ripping music CDs illegal in MA? My friend was telling me he just does that

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I want to say it is.... others will chime in here I am sure.

Heck, try ebay also. You can get some great deals on there. 50 cd's for 20 bucks or so. Granted you may have some already but then again you can turn around and sell the ones you already have and make some of your money back!

Heck, try ebay also. You can get some great deals on there. 50 cd's for 20 bucks or so. Granted you may have some already but then again you can turn around and sell the ones you already have and make some of your money back!

Is going to the library renting and ripping music CDs illegal in MA? My friend was telling me he just does that

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Technically, library media comes along with the same rules and regulations as from anywhere else. But it's more on the honor system because there's no other way to really do it.

For example, you can download "Books on CD", actually MP3's obviously. And you still are only taking them out for X number of days or weeks. They have a due date. And on that due date you're supposed to stop using them, delete them, but during your borrow period you are allowed to burn them to CD and things like that to facilitate listening to it.

I doubt many people are using the honor system though. The only people that are, are people that aren't into technology. Maybe they don't know how to copy or rip a CD, and most people these days still don't know how to rip a DVD movie or what software you'd need to do so.

as others have said, amazon and ebay are good. also: half.com, secondspin.com, thrift stores just to name a few. i've been listening to free streaming on last.fm lately and have found lots of new-to-me groups to listen to. so maybe the streaming would be enough for you.

If you have access to a windows partition, Zune subscription gives you unlimited free streaming and (I think it's) 10 song downloads per month for $15

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It's a shame that when you mention Zune (other than attacking it), most people get agitated on this forum and at one point, you get insulted. Personally, the $15 deal sounds very good to me, if you can keep ten songs even after your account is cancelled/not renewed/expired. On the side note: I haven't got any issue with a brown music player.

I use Spotify and I love it. Now I hardly use iTunes, I mostly download a few podcasts (Internet marketing, The Economist) and the free songs occasionally. But to me, iTunes remains a bloated application with a store of overpriced digital content. It is ironic, but it's down to iTunes that I stopped listening to music on my iPods and iPhone. Music shouldn't be complicated and at no point should customers worry about compatibility or ownership of a purchased song.

It's a shame that when you mention Zune (other than attacking it), most people get agitated on this forum and at one point, you get insulted. Personally, the $15 deal sounds very good to me, if you can keep ten songs even after your account is cancelled/not renewed/expired. On the side note: I haven't got any issue with a brown music player.
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Really not trying to sound harsh but are you saying I insulted him? I was sharing what I believe happens when you use Zune. If I did then it was not intentional

It's a shame that when you mention Zune (other than attacking it), most people get agitated on this forum and at one point, you get insulted. Personally, the $15 deal sounds very good to me, if you can keep ten songs even after your account is cancelled/not renewed/expired. On the side note: I haven't got any issue with a brown music player.

I use Spotify and I love it. Now I hardly use iTunes, I mostly download a few podcasts (Internet marketing, The Economist) and the free songs occasionally. But to me, iTunes remains a bloated application with a store of overpriced digital content. It is ironic, but it's down to iTunes that I stopped listening to music on my iPods and iPhone. Music shouldn't be complicated and at no point should customers worry about compatibility or ownership of a purchased song.

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All the songs on iTunes are DRM free. No compatibility or ownership issues anymore.

Zune Pass subscribers will have the added benefit of retaining digital rights management (DRM)-free MP3 tracks from Sony BMG and UMG, in addition to MP3 tracks from EMI Music, Warner Music Group and a large portion of the independent music labels. With the addition of tracks from UMG and Sony BMG, Zune will soon offer over 90 percent of its music in the MP3 format.

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This is from 2008 so safe bet that it is 100% DRM free now.

So not a bad deal. Unlimited streaming and 10 DRM free downloads per month. That is around $10-12.90 per mouth of the subscription cost taken up by the downloads when compared to iTunes prices. most of the good songs on iTunes are at 1.29 each now. So much for that spread deal. They much max out the price and charge everything at 1.29 it seems.

I give another Vote to Amazon Picked up Avatar soundtrack for 7.99 and up for 5 and it works with iTunes/iPod as well now if Amazon makes a store client like iTunes for Kindle/music id be getting more stuff from there.

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